Year in Japan

1179 in Japanese History

1 recorded entry for this year. It falls in the Heian period (平安時代, 794 – 1185).

Era name: Jishō 治承 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Konoe Iezane 近衛家実 · Samurai — Kugyō, head of the Fujiwara family and Sesshō

Reading the year 1179 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1179 corresponds to Jishō 治承 (year 3 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".

The year itself is read 1179年 (1179ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 12th century for its neighbours.